Improvement in corn-harvesters



,N') JOHN JOHNSON,

`Corn Harveser,.

No."l22,176. .l Jigl. Patented Dc. 26,1871..

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UNITED STATES PATENT (DEEIGE.

JOHN JOHNSON, OFMOTT HAVEN, NEVVNYORK,vv

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HARVESTERS.

Specicaton forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,176, dated December 26, 1871.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, JOHN J oHNsoN, of Mott Haven, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Corn-Harvester, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact td'escrip tion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speoication.

My invention relates to improvements in cornharvesters; and it consists in the improvement of corn-harvesters, as hereinafter fully. described and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is partly a plan or partly a horizontal section of my improved machine, and Fig. 2 is a finger, F, in communication With each cutter for bringing the stalks up to the cutters. 'The cutters are fitted in a groove in the side of the side piece of the frame, pivoted to them near the front end, and arranged to swing out and back at the rear end, accordingto the distance between the rows.

any position; They'are alsoprovi'ded with a bent finger, G, at the heel,.to run along the ground on the opposite side of the row, which is to be received in the angle `between the cutter and nger for gathering the stalks into said angle for being cnt, two rows at a time, as the machine is drawn between them.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Y The centrally-arranged lifter D, backwardlydiverging knives E E, and guide-fingers F F, combined and arranged on a Wheeled frame, as`

described, and for the purpose specified.

JOHN JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, T. B. M osEER. (75) They are providedwith the curved arms` F, with holes for inserting pins to hold them in 

